Machine for ornamenting the faces of bricks.



F. A. onus. MACHINE FOR OBNAMENTI NG THE FACES 0F BRICKS. APPLICATIONFILED JAILZ' I911.

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Applicatioiifiled January 2, 1 917. "Serial No. 140,333.

To'aZZ cchom it may concern:

--Be it known that I, FRANK' rk. Ho1Lns, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Alliance, in the county of :Stark and State ofiOhio, haveinvented; a new and. useful Machine .for 'Ornamenting the; Faces v of fBricks of'which the following is a specificamanner the bar 2, said barbeing provided tion. r

This invention relates to vmachines for ornamenting the :faces' ofbricks and has.

more especial reference to means for impart ing-a woven effect to thefaces-of lmilding bricksand the like. 1 f1 1 .p a a -..The object ofthis invention is to provide a means for rougheningtheface of the claycolumn from which the brick are formed, and then imprinting saidroughened face with any desired ornamentation or desigm Another objectis to, provide means for roughening the face of; the' clay column,nieanswfor: applying a." steam jet to the roughened face and meansfl-forornamenting thesteam treated face while; still moist. 7

With these objects in view the invention consistsiin-the novelconstruction and ar rangement of parts, hereinafter,described;

illustrated -in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims it being understood that. various changes in theform, proportions,"

size and minor details of construction may be made within the scopeofthe appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: v

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a clay column passing from the dieof the usual brick machine, my invention bemg applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

7 Referring more especially to the construction illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawings which illustrate the manner in which my inventionis carried out the numeral 1 indicates the die of the usual brickmachine'to the forward upper edge of which is attached in any suitableand well known with the desired number of plowing or furrowing pins 3,which arepreferably located in a downwardly inclined position withreference to the clay column forthe purposeof better plowing orfur-rowing the clay column. 7 V.

;Asthe'clay-column passes from the die of -the brick machine beneath theplowing Sp eci'ficationo f Letters Patent. Patented G t/25,1918;

pins 3, the upper face of saidclay column is furrowed or plowed, aplurality of longitudinal, parallel furrows being formed upon theupperface of the clay column, the material turned up or furrows tliusformedremaining visible to some extent upon the roughenedsurface of;the.column'. For the purpose ofregulating the depth of the furrows thepins 3 are adjustably attached to the bar 2;by means of set screws' l ortheir vequivalen 'If'it is desired to further r soften the roughenedface of the clay column and make the'same more plastic before theimprinting or ornamenting device is applied thereto, steam-inay beapplied tov the furl-owed or plowed surface of the, clay column. ,Forthis purpose I provide the nozzle 5.which is provided vwith a pluralityof steam jets. 6, said noz zle beingfconnected to a steam supply pipe 7and located transversely across. the clay column; slightly' ab'ove theupper' sur face thereof and at a short distance beyond the "plowing or.furrowing -:It will be seen that by subjecting the roughened or plowedface of the clay column to a jet of steam that the roughened surfaces ofthe column will thus be moistenei owing to the fact that while the clayis still in a plastic state the steam will penetrate to a certain eXtentthe body of the clay column,.

thereby making itmore plastic and pliable and at the same time any looseparticles of clay will be caused to adhere to the surface of the column.

In carrying out my invention after the clay column has been plowed andsubjected to the steam jet means are provided for imprinting orornamenting the roughened or plowed and steam treated surface, this'means be ng preferably in the form of a ,drum 8, the peripheralsurfaceof which is provided with any suitable'des ign for imprinting orornamenting the surface after the treatment above described. -,I preferto usea sheet of heavy wire mesh 9' for this purpose, the sheet of wiremesh being properly connected to the peripheral surface of the drum inany suitable and well known manner' The drum.8 is journaled within ayoke 10. which is pivotally connected at which is carried by the drum.

any suitable point above the surface as for instance to the pipe 7 asshown at 11.

The roughened and steam treated surface as it passes beneath theimprinting or ornamenting drum will rotate said drum thus imprintingupon the roughened and steam treated surface the design or ornamentationAlthough the wire mesh is shown as covering the drum in the drawingsitwill be understood that any other desired imprint or ornamentation maybe provided upon said drum, but it has been found from experience thatthe wire mesh acting upon the roughened surface of the cla produces thedesired woven effect in the finished brick.

It will be understood that. the imprinting drum may be so located thatit will act upon the roughened and steam heated surface after the columnhas been cut into brick as it is obvious that it is immaterial as towhether or not the imprinting is done before the column has been cutinto brick or afterward. Y

It will of course be understood that the process to which this inventionpertains has to do with the ornamentation of the brick, but in order toproduce brick the clay column has been cut in the usual manner toproduce brick of the desired size which must be treated in the usualmanner as to drying and burning, but the cutting, drying and burning donot enter into the present invention.

It will of course be understood that where it is desired to ornament theside edges or ends of the brick as well as the face thereof five cents aseries of plowing or furrowing teeth and an imprinting roller as Well asthe steam jet, if desired, may be placed upon one or each side of theclay column to act upon the side edges thereof in the same manner inwhich the above described mechanism acts upon the top face of the claycolumn.

I claim 1. In a brick machine, the combination with a die for shapingthe material into a clay column, means for plowing the face of the claycolumn, and means for subjecting the plowed face of the clay column to ajet of steam to soften the said face of the clay column, of animprinting drum for ornamenting the plowed and softened face of the claycolumn. v

2. In a brick machine, the combination with a die for shaping thematerial into a clay column and means for subjecting the plowed face ofthe clay column to a jet of steam to soften the said face of the claycolumn, of an imprinting drum for ornamenting the plowed and softenedface ofthe clay column.

3. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with a die for shaping the material into a clay column,means for plowing the face of the clay column and means for softeningthe said face of the clay column, of an imprinting drum for ornamentingthe plowed and softened face of the clay column.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANK A. HOILES.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenta,

Washington, D. G.

